49th Intl. Nathiagali Summer College

Activity - III: Semiconductor Technologies and Coatings
(03rd - 06th July, 2024)

Semiconductors are the building block of the digital age. They have been driving the advances in communications, computing, health care, military systems, transportation, clean energy, and countless other applications. Tiny electronic components, made up of semiconductors, can control and manipulate electrical currents, allowing for the creation of complex electronic devices. The semiconductor industry has always been dynamic, marked by constant innovation and fierce competition. However, recent developments have further accelerated the need for innovation and expansion. The demand for more powerful and energy-efficient chips has skyrocketed, driven by applications like artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G connectivity virtual reality, energy-efficient sensing, automated devices, and robotics. Research and development in the area of semiconductor devices, nanostructures, 2D materials, and thin films is of great interest for the development of integrated devices and systems, especially, band gap modulation, thin film hetero-structures and artificial optical systems. Researchers have reliably kept pace with Moore’s Law, which states that the number of circuits on a microchip doubles every two years. They have accomplished this by experimenting with variations of semiconductor materials and device architectures.

Considering the importance of semiconductor technologies and coatings, the Activity-III of 49th International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) has been planned to bring together national and international academia, scientist and engineers, and future researchers working in the field of semiconductor technologies, materials growth, design and fabrication of semiconductor devices, on a common platform to exchange knowledge and ideas, as well as to foster meaningful collaborations among them.

The scientific theme of this activity of summer college will span over a broad range of topics, which include:

  • Recent advances in semiconductor thin films, coatings and optoelectronic applications
  • Growth and physical properties of semiconductor materials
  • Innovative techniques for the band gap engineering in semiconductors
  • Computational methods applied to semiconductor materials and devices
  • Semiconductor device designing, fabrication, processing and packaging
  • Semiconductor-metal interactions or light matter interactions
  • Semiconductor thin films: surface and interface
  • Devices and application of van der Waals hetero-structures


Technical Program:

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Faculty:

Name
Lectures
Farhan Rana
Professor of Engineering Director, Semiconductor Photonics Laboratory , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, USA		 Lecture 1: High-Power Semiconductor Ultrafast Lasers
Lecture 2: Semiconductor Terahertz Devices and Technologies
Lecture 3: High-Speed Semiconductor Nanoscale Lasers
Weibin Zhang
Professor
Yunnan Normal University China		 Lecture 1: Study on Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Functionalized g-C3N4 Nano-structures for High Efficiency Photocatalyst
Lecture 2: The development of NO removal and CO2 reduction catalyst by experiment and high-throughput calculations
Lecture 3: Computational Exploration and Screening of Novel Janus MA2Z4 (M = Sc-Zn, Y−Ag, Hf−Au; A=Si,Ge; Z=N,P) Monolayers and Potential Application as a Photocatalyst
Ting Zhu
Professor
Yunnan Normal University China		 Lecture 1: Why and how to achieve nanostructured functional materials-the synthetic strategy.
Lecture 2: The advantages of nanostructured functional materials-transition metal oxides/sulfides (TMO/S).
Lecture 3: The advanced applications of TMO/S in energy storage and conversion-batteries and catalysis.
Kong Liu
Professor
Institute of semiconductors
Chinese Academy of Sciences China		 Lecture 1: Deposition technology of transparent conductive films
Lecture 2: High efficiency tandem solar cells
Lecture 3: Nanostructure design and fabrication for photoelectric devices
Walther Schwarzacher
Professor and Dean Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering LUMS Pakistan		 Lecture 1: Electrodeposition and its applications in semiconductor technology
Lecture 2: The physics of electrodeposition
Shengchun Qu
Professor
Institute of Semiconductors
Chinese Academy of Sciences		 Lecture 1: Light absorption in semiconductors
Lecture 2: Light emitting in semiconductors
Lecture 3: Carrier dynamics in semiconductors

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